Deal reported for movie about man killed by BART officer

Officer Johannes Mehserle served a two-year prison sentence after testifying he mistook his gun for his TASER

By Ellen Huet and Demian Bulwa
The San Francisco Chronicle

SAN FRANCISCO — Oscar Grant's family has reached a deal with a film company to make a movie about the man whose video-recorded killing led to street protests in Oakland and the criminal conviction of a BART police officer, family members said Tuesday.